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CLERMONT, Fla. – A pair of 4-3 losses ended the Post University softball team's trip to the 2012 National Training Center (NTC) Spring Games on Thursday. The Eagles fell to St. Joseph's (Ind.) in the first game of the day, and lost to Southern New Hampshire, a Northeast-10 opponent, in game two.
 
Senior Cassidie Ern (Hope Valley, R.I.) paced the offense with two hits and two runs scored in three at bats, while junior Lianna May (King Ferry, N.Y.) collected a team-high three hits in two games. May tallied a double and an RBI on the day.
 
Game One: St. Joseph's (Ind.) 4, Post 3
Post (1-9) struck first in the top of the third on a one out double by May. She drove in Ern who led off the frame with a base hit. However, St. Joseph's (7-3) claimed a 2-1 advantage in the bottom of the third, keyed by an Audra Rains RBI single that plated Tiffany Gibson.
 
In the top of the fifth, the Eagles recaptured the lead with a pair of runs. In consecutive at bats, sophomores Jackie Bonamassa (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Casey Sclafani (Brooklyn, N.Y.) used an RBI double and run-scoring single, respectively, to give Post a 3-2 lead. Bonamassa drove in Ern and Sclafani brought Bonamassa home from second.
 
However, in the bottom of the fifth, Kylie Weeks used a two-RBI single to give the Pumas a 4-3 advantage, one it would hold for good.
 
Junior Johanna Rice (Glendale, N.Y.) suffered the loss for Post. She pitched a complete game and allowed six hits, three earned runs and struck out two batters.
 
Game Two: Southern New Hampshire 4, Post 3
With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the first, sophomore Stephanie DeMartino (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove a double that cleared the bases and gave the Eagles an early 3-0 lead. May, Bonamassa and senior Amy Mantha (Agawam, Mass.) all singled to put Eagles on every base.
 
Sophomore pitcher Ashley Cummings (Stafford, Va.) held the Penmen without a hit through four innings of work; however, she allowed a double and single in consecutive at bats to start the fifth. Kate Stanley got Southern New Hampshire (7-3) on the board in the fifth on an RBI single off the bat of Amanda Barton.
 
The Penmen claimed a 4-3 lead in the sixth when an Ali Maloof triple scored a pair of runs.
 
Cummings pitched 5.1 innings and allowed four hits, three earned runs and struck out six batters. Rice suffered the loss. She pitched the final 1.2 innings for Post and allowed four hits and one earned run.
 
Post returns to action on Wednesday, March 14, when it travels to Albany, N.Y., to take on the College of Saint Rose. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 2 p.m. The Eagles and Golden Knights met on March 4, and St. Rose earned an 11-9 victory.